GeForce GTX 570 vs Radeon R9 280X

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 280X, which comes with core speeds of 850 MHz on the GPU, and 1500 MHz on the 3072 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 2048 SPUs as well as 128 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

Radeon R9 280X		8886 points
GeForce GTX 570		4387 points
	Difference: 4499 (103%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon R9 280X		21 Mh/s
GeForce GTX 570		13 Mh/s
	Difference: 8 (62%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 570		219 Watts
Radeon R9 280X		250 Watts
	Difference: 31 Watts (14%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon R9 280X should be a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 570 overall. (explain)

Radeon R9 280X		288000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 570		152000 MB/sec
	Difference: 136000 (89%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 280X should be much (about 148%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 570. (explain)

Radeon R9 280X		108800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 570		43920 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 64880 (148%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 570 will be a small bit (approximately 8%) more effective at FSAA than the Radeon R9 280X, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 570		29280 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 280X		27200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 2080 (8%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.